Longdendale (ward)

Coordinates: 53°27′26″N 2°00′46″W / 53.4571°N 2.0127°W / 53.4571; -2.0127
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Longdendale (Tameside)
Longdendale within Tameside
Longdendale within Tameside
Coat of arms of Longdendale (Tameside)
Motto(s): 
Industry and Integrity
Coordinates: 53°27′26″N 2°00′46″W / 53.4571°N 2.0127°W / 53.4571; -2.0127
CountryUnited Kingdom
Constituent countryEngland
RegionNorth West England
CountyGreater Manchester
Metropolitan boroughTameside
Created2004
Named forStalybridge and Hyde
Government
  UK Parliament constituency: Stalybridge and Hyde
 • TypeUnicameral
 • BodyTameside Metropolitan Borough Council
 • Leader of the CouncilBrenda Warrington (Labour)
 • CouncillorJanet Cooper (Labour)
 • CouncillorJacqueline Owen (Labour Co-operative)
 • CouncillorJacqueline North (Labour)

Longdendale is an electoral ward of Tameside, England.[1] It is represented in Westminster by Jonathan Reynolds Labour Co-operative MP for Stalybridge and Hyde.[2]

Councillors[edit]

The ward is represented by three councillors: Janet Cooper (Lab),[3] Gillian Peet (Lab Co-op),[4] and Chris Buglass (Lab).[5]

Election Councillor Councillor Councillor
2004 Roy Oldham (Lab) Peter Bibby (Lab) Sean Parker-Perry (Lab Co-op)
2006 Roy Oldham (Lab) Peter Bibby (Lab) Sean Parker-Perry (Lab Co-op)
2007 Roy Oldham (Lab) Jonathan Reynolds (Lab Co-op) Sean Parker-Perry (Lab Co-op)
2008 Roy Oldham (Lab) Jonathan Reynolds (Lab Co-op) Sean Parker-Perry (Lab Co-op)
2010 Roy Oldham (Lab) Jonathan Reynolds (Lab Co-op) Sean Parker-Perry (Lab Co-op)
By-election
30 September 2010
[6][7]
Janet Cooper (Lab) Jonathan Reynolds (Lab Co-op) Sean Parker-Perry (Lab Co-op)
2011 Janet Cooper (Lab) Gillian Peet (Lab Co-op) Sean Parker-Perry (Lab Co-op)
2012 Janet Cooper (Lab) Gillian Peet (Lab Co-op) Adam White (Lab)
2014 Janet Cooper (Lab) Gillian Peet (Lab Co-op) Adam White (Lab)
2015 Janet Cooper (Lab) Gillian Peet (Lab Co-op) Adam White (Lab)
2016 Janet Cooper (Lab) Gillian Peet (Lab Co-op) Chris Buglass (Lab)
2018 Janet Cooper (Lab) Gillian Peet (Lab Co-op) Chris Buglass (Lab)

  indicates seat up for re-election.   indicates seat won in by-election.

Elections in 2010s[edit]

May 2018[edit]

2018[8]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Cooper* 1,286
Conservative Liam Tomlinson 746
Green Irene Brierley 273
Turnout 2,311 29.3
Labour hold Swing

May 2016[edit]

2016
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Chris Buglass 1,261 48.11
Conservative David Tyler 784 29.91
UKIP Michael Booth 400 15.26
Green Irene Brierley 176 6.71
Majority 477 18.20
Turnout 2,621 34
Labour hold Swing

May 2015[edit]

2015
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Gillian Peet 2,228 48.58
Conservative David Tyler 1,741 37.96
Green Brierley Irene 617 13.45
Majority 487 10.62
Turnout 4,586 58
Labour Co-op hold Swing

May 2014[edit]

2014
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Cooper 1,185 42.43
Conservative David Tyler 733 26.24
UKIP Kevin Misell 635 22.74
Green John Kelly 240 8.59
Majority 452 16.18
Turnout 2,793 36
Labour hold Swing

May 2012[edit]

2012
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Adam White 1,407 53.76 +8.20
Conservative Rob Adlard 731 27.93 −8.67
Green Damian Mendes-Kelly 250 9.55 −1.25
UKIP Kevin Misell 229 8.75 +1.72
Majority 676 25.83
Turnout 2,630 33.7 −3.9
Labour hold Swing

May 2011[edit]

2011
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Gillian Peet 1,591 49.73
Conservative Robert Adlard 1,209 37.79
UKIP Kevin Misell 206 6.44
Green Melanie Roberts 193 6.03
Majority 382 11.94
Turnout 3,199 41
Labour Co-op hold Swing

By-election 30 September 2010[edit]

By-election 30 September 2010[7]
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Janet Cooper 1,275 48.96
Conservative Robert Adlard 1083 41.59
Green Melaine Roberts 99 3.80
BNP Anthony Jones 80 3.07
UKIP Kevin Misell 67 2.57
Majority 192 7.37
Turnout 2,604 33
Labour hold Swing

May 2010[edit]

2010
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Oldham[6] 2,084 43.72
Conservative Peter Hayes 1,812 38.01
UKIP Kevin Misell 445 9.34
Green Melanie Roberts 426 8.94
Majority 272 5.71
Turnout 4,767 62
Labour hold Swing

Elections in 2000s[edit]

May 2008[edit]

2008
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Sean Parker-Perry 1,316 45.57
Conservative Sue Barker 1,057 36.60
Green Ruth Bergan 312 10.80
UKIP Kevin Misell 203 7.03
Majority 259 8.97
Turnout 2,888 38
Labour Co-op hold Swing

May 2007[edit]

2007
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Co-op Jonathan Reynolds 1,500 54.3
Conservative Dorothy Cartwright 783 28.3
Green Melanie Roberts 250 9.0
UKIP Kevin Misell 231 8.4
Majority 717 25.9
Turnout 2,764 37.0
Labour Co-op hold Swing

May 2006[edit]

2006
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Roy Oldham 1,429 51.48
Conservative Wendy Ince 915 32.96
BNP Beverley Jones 432 15.56
Majority 514 18.52
Turnout 2,776 37
Labour hold Swing

June 2004[edit]

2004
Party Candidate Votes % ±%
Labour Sean Parker-Perry 1,661 50.9
Labour Peter Bibby 1,641
Labour Samuel Roy Oldham 1,499
Conservative Wendy Barker 1,085 33.2
Conservative Terence Shepherd 1,037
BNP Beverley Jones 520 15.9
Majority
Turnout 40.4

References[edit]

  1. ^ "Your Councillors by Ward". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  2. ^ "Jonathan Reynolds MP". parliament.uk. UK Parliament. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  3. ^ "Councillor Janet Cooper". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  4. ^ "Councillor Gillian Peet". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  5. ^ "Councillor Chris Buglass". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  6. ^ a b Pleasant, Steven (22 July 2010). "Roy Oldham obituary". The Guardian. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  7. ^ a b "By-Election Results, Longdendale: Thursday, 30 September 2010". tameside.moderngov.co.uk. Tameside Metropolitan Borough Council. 30 September 2010. Archived from the original on 3 January 2018. Retrieved 5 January 2018.
  8. ^ Staff writer (4 May 2018). "Tameside Council Local Election Results 2018". Tameside Reporter. Archived from the original on 13 May 2018. Retrieved 14 May 2018.